Tolerance Stack-up Analysis By James D. Meadows

Meadows, J. D. (1997). Tolerance stack-up analysis. Marcel Dekker.

(also known as tolerance accumulation) is the process of determining the cumulative effect of individual part tolerances on an assembly’s final functional requirement. In simple terms: if you have five parts in a line, each with a +/- 0.1 mm tolerance, what is the worst-case total variation at the end of the line? tolerance stack-up analysis by james d. meadows

Meadows clearly distinguishes between two primary forms of 1D stack-up analysis: Meadows, J